Heart Disease: Older Child

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Doggy Heart Murmur

Our 14 yr old terrier mix has had a heart murmur for a couple years. It makes her sort of cough and choke when she gets excited. Lately it seems to be getting worse. At the time that it was diagnosed we put her on special food for a while, but she dropped some weight and started doing better and we were able to take her off of it. The only other thing the vet could do for her was to put her under anesthesia and give her an EKG. After he explained the only purpose for the EKG was to get a baseline reading to be able to see how much...

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Major Back Surgery

I am a 29 yr old with a 8 year old daughter. I was diagnosed with spinal...

Heart Attack & Stroke

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Would You Let Your 9 Year Old Walk Home from School?

My 9 year old son wants to walk to his friend's house after school on Friday. He would be walking with his friend & the distance is probably less than a mile. The neighborhood is good, but I'm nervous. I won't be home until around 6 because I work. My son has told me that his friend's parents think that I am too overly protective. I have a neighbor in law enforcement that mentioned that there are 5 pedaphiles (excuse the spelling) in the area. They aparently don't show up on the internet list for various reasons such as they are still...